Adherence to standard precautions from the standpoint of the Health Belief Model: the practice of recapping needles

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Ronald Jefferson Martins¹  Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz¹  Maria Lúcia Marçal Mazza Sundefeld¹  Artênio José Ísper Garbin¹  Patrick Raphael Vicente Gonçalves¹  Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin¹ 

关键词: Occupational risks;    Universal precautions;    Human resources in health;    Health education;    Riscos ocupacionais;    Precauções universais;    Recursos humanos em saúde;    Educação em saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232014201.19822013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to applythe Health Belief Model to explain the adherence to the recommendation not to recap needles by dentists and dental assistants of the public health system in a municipality in the State of São Paulo. A questionnaire validated and adapted for the oral health area was used, which included variables related to the frequency of recapping and health beliefs using Likert-type scales. The relationship between beliefs and adherence to the recommendation not to recap needles was obtained by regression analysis. Of all the professionals in this study (n=79), the majority (83.5%) reported recapping needles at least once in the last month. Through regression analysis, it was observed that the relationship between the beliefs described by the model and the attitude whether or not to follow the recommendation not to recap needles was explained by a lower perception of psychological barriers and a greater perception of stimuli not to recap needles. The conclusion reached is that the acceptance of recommendations to prevent working accidents with biological material was explained by some dimensions of the Health Belief Model, enabling discussion about reformulation of training offered to professionals of the public health system.

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